Crooked financial adviser faces life in jail for murder of Mayfair millionaire

A FINANCIAL adviser is facing life behind bars after murdering a millionaire socialite he had conned.

Roberto Troyan died after he was beaten to death with a suitcase in his Mayfair home [PA]

David Jeffs stole £343,000 intended for investments from Roberto Troyan to splash out on cars, hotels and holidays, as well as a stag party costing nearly £20,000.

But when he feared the game was up, he battered his client to death with a suitcase at his home in Mayfair, west London, on March 8.

David Jeffs is due to be sentenced for the murder of Roberto Troyan [PA]

The body was found by a cleaner in a pool of blood. Jeffs tried to cover his tracks with a “web of lies” but was found guilty of murder and fraud yesterday after a trial at Croydon Crown Court.

He is due to be sentenced at a later date.

David Jeffs was found guilty of murder and fraud at Croydon Crown Court [GOOGLE]

The jury heard that Jeffs, 36, from Nottingham, took advantage of Mr Troyan, 63, after the death in 2005 of his civil partner Anthony Feldman, an interior designer whose clients included Princess Michael of Kent.

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